Electricity consumption measurement apparatus, electricity consumption measurement method, and non-transitory tangible machine-readable medium thereof

ABSTRACT

An electricity consumption measurement apparatus, an electricity consumption measurement method, and a non-transitory tangible machine-readable medium thereof are provided. The electricity consumption measurement apparatus comprises a detector and a processor electrically connected to the detector. The detector is configured to detect an electricity consumption value and a voltage value. The processor is configured to calculate a variation rate according to the voltage value and a base voltage value. The processor adjusts the electricity consumption value according to the variation rate. The electricity consumption measurement method is able to perform the same operations as those performed by the electricity consumption measurement apparatus.

This application claims priority to Taiwan Patent Application No.100138562 filed on Oct. 25, 2011.

CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to an electricity consumption measurementapparatus, an electricity consumption measurement method, and anon-transitory tangible machine-readable medium thereof; moreparticularly, the electricity consumption measurement apparatus, theelectricity consumption measurement method, and the non-transitorytangible machine-readable medium thereof provide by the presentinvention can adjust a detected electricity consumption value accordingto a voltage value.

2. Descriptions of the Related Art

To facilitate measurement and management of power consumption values ofelectric devices and/or electric loops, most of houses and firms areinstalled with electricity consumption measurement apparatuses such aselectricity meters (also known as kilowatt meters). In addition toelectricity consumption measurement apparatuses of the conventionalmechanical type, digital electricity consumption measurement apparatusescapable of providing electricity consumption information in real timehave also appeared in recent years owing to rapid development oftechnologies.

Electricity consumption measurement apparatuses are usually installedbetween an electric power supplying end and client ends to facilitatemeasurement of the electricity consumption values of the clients. Forthe client ends, users may use the electricity consumption measurementapparatuses in conjunction with an electricity usage recognition methodto recognize actual electricity consumption conditions of their electricdevices so as to manage their own electricity usage practiceseffectively. In this way, users can appropriately reduce theirelectricity consumption amount to promote the idea of saving energy andreducing carbon dioxide emissions.

Although the conventional electricity usage recognition technologieshave already been able to recognize the electricity consumptionconditions of electric devices, they still have the problem of shiftingof the recognition accuracy. That is, even when the operation status ofan electric device in a same electric loop remains unchanged, therecognition results obtained at different time points may still vary. Asan example, for an electric device operating in an unchanged status in asame electric loop, the recognition result obtained in the morning mightbe different from that obtained in the afternoon.

The main cause for shifting of the recognition accuracy is the voltagevariations. To be more specific, the voltage supplied by the electricpower supplying end is not invariable and constant, so errors may existin the electricity consumption values measured by the electricityconsumption measurement apparatuses. Hence, the problem of shifting ofthe recognition accuracy occurs.

Accordingly, a solution that can measure the electricity consumptionmore accurately so as to provide desirable results for subsequentelectricity usage recognition and other applications is in an urgentneed in this filed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

To solve the aforesaid problem, the present invention provides anelectricity consumption measurement apparatus, an electricityconsumption measurement method, and a non-transitory tangiblemachine-readable medium thereof.

The electricity consumption measurement method of the present inventionis adapted for use in an electricity consumption measurement apparatus.The electricity consumption measurement method comprises the followingsteps of: (a) enabling the electricity consumption measurement apparatusto detect an electricity consumption value; (b) enabling the electricityconsumption measurement apparatus to detect a voltage value; (c)enabling the electricity consumption measurement apparatus to calculatea variation rate according to the voltage value and a base voltagevalue; and (d) enabling the electricity consumption measurementapparatus to adjust the electricity consumption value according to thevariation rate.

The non-transitory tangible machine-readable medium of the presentinvention stores a computer program. The computer program is able toexecute the aforesaid electricity consumption measurement method whenbeing loaded into an electricity consumption measurement apparatus.

The electricity consumption measurement apparatus of the presentinvention comprises a detector and a processor electrically connected tothe detector. The detector is configured to detect an electricityconsumption value and a voltage value. The processor is configured tocalculate a variation rate according to the voltage value and a basevoltage value. The processor is further configured to adjust theelectricity consumption value according to the variation rate.

The electricity consumption measurement apparatus, the electricityconsumption measurement method, and the non-transitory tangiblemachine-readable medium thereof of the present invention adjust thedetected electricity consumption value by using a detected voltagevalue, so the adjusted electricity consumption value can properlyreflect the electricity consumption conditions of an electric deviceand/or an electric loop.

The detailed technology and preferred embodiments implemented for thesubject invention are described in the following paragraphs accompanyingthe appended drawings for people skilled in this field to wellappreciate the features of the claimed invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an electricity consumption measurementapparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2A is a schematic view illustrating a framework of an electricityusage recognition system in a learning stage;

FIG. 2B depicts electricity consumption values detected by theelectricity consumption measurement apparatus;

FIG. 2C depicts voltage values detected by the electricity consumptionmeasurement apparatus;

FIG. 2D depicts electricity consumption values after being adjusted;

FIG. 2E is a schematic view illustrating a framework of the electricityusage recognition system in a recognizing stage;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart diagram of a third embodiment of the presentinvention; and

FIG. 4 is a flowchart diagram of an electricity consumption measurementmethod applied in the learning stage of the electricity usagerecognition system.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

In the following description, the electricity consumption measurementapparatus, the electricity consumption measurement method and thenon-transitory tangible machine-readable medium thereof of the presentinvention will be explained with reference to embodiments thereof.However, these embodiments are not intended to limit the presentinvention to any specific environment, applications or particularimplementations described in these embodiments. Therefore, descriptionof these embodiments is only for purpose of illustration rather than tolimit the present invention. It should be appreciated that, in thefollowing embodiments and the attached drawings, elements unrelated tothe present invention are omitted from depiction.

A first embodiment of the present invention is an electricityconsumption measurement apparatus 1, a schematic view of which isdepicted in FIG. 1. The electricity consumption measurement apparatus 1comprises a detector 11 and a processor 13 electrically connected to thedetector 11. The detector 11 may be any of various detectors capable ofdetecting electric power information that are well-known by those ofordinary skill in the art. The processor 13 may be any of variousprocessors, central processing units (CPUs), microprocessors, or othercomputing devices that are well-known by those of ordinary skill in theart.

The electricity consumption measurement apparatus 1 may be connected toa single electric device and the detector 11 can detect an electricityconsumption value 102 of the single electric device in this case. Thedetector 11 also detects a voltage value 104. The detector 11 may detectthe electricity consumption value 102 and the voltage value 104 at asame time point or at different time points. If the electricityconsumption value 102 and the voltage value 104 are detected atdifferent time points, a time difference between the time points must besmaller than a preset range so that the voltage value 104 can properlyreflect the voltage level supplied by the electric power supplying endwhen the single electric device consumes the electricity consumptionvalue 102.

Since the electricity consumption measurement apparatus 1 is configuredto detect electricity usage conditions of the single electric device,the electricity consumption value 102 detected by the detector 11 of theelectricity consumption measurement apparatus 1 may be an electriccurrent value, an active power value, a reactive power value, anapparent power value, and/or some other information that can reflect theelectricity consumption conditions.

Next, the processor 13 calculates a variation rate according to thevoltage value 104 and a base voltage value 106. For example, the basevoltage value 106 may be a standard voltage value. The standard voltagevalue is 110 volts (V) in the Republic of China (ROC), the North Americaand Japan, and is 220 V in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and inEurope. As another example, a plurality of reference voltage values 108may be detected by the detector 11 within a period of time, and then thebase voltage value 106 is determined by the processor 13 according tothe detected reference voltage values 108. For instance, the processor13 may take an average of these reference voltage values 108 as the basevoltage value 106.

Then, the processor 13 adjusts the electricity consumption value 102according to the variation rate. For example, the processor 13 mayderive the variation rate by dividing the base voltage value 106 by thevoltage value 104 and then derive the adjusted electricity consumptionvalue 102 by multiplying the variation rate with the electricityconsumption value 102. Thereby, the adjusted electricity consumptionvalue 102 can properly reflect the actual electricity consumption amountof the single electric device.

The electricity consumption measurement apparatus 1 of the firstembodiment may also be electrically connected to an electric loop. Inthis case, the electricity consumption measurement apparatus 1 candetect an electricity consumption value of the electric loop, and thenadjust the electric consumption value in the same way as described above(i.e., calculate a variation rate according to the voltage value and thebase voltage value, and then adjust the electricity consumption valueaccording to the variation rate) so that the actual electricityconsumption of the electric loop can be properly reflected.

The electricity consumption measurement apparatus 1 of the firstembodiment may further comprises a memory 15, which is electricallyconnected to the detector 11 and the processor 13. The memory 15 may beconfigured to store the reference voltage values 108 and the basevoltage value 106 obtained through measurement. In other embodiments,the electricity consumption measurement apparatus may not comprise amemory for storing the reference voltage values and the base voltagevalue; in such a case, the electricity consumption measurement apparatusmay firstly detect a plurality of reference voltage values when thereference voltage values is desired and then calculate the base voltagevalue according to the reference voltage values. As another example, aconstant base voltage value may be set in the electricity consumptionmeasurement apparatus.

According to the above descriptions, it is learned that the electricityconsumption measurement apparatus 1 of the first embodiment takes thevoltage variation rate into consideration when calculating theelectricity consumption value, so the detected electricity consumptionvalue can be adjusted more effectively to properly reflect the actualelectricity consumption value of the electric device/electric loop.

A second embodiment of the present invention is an electricity usagerecognition system that uses the electricity consumption measurementapparatus. The operational process of the electricity usage recognitionsystem comprises two primary stages: a learning stage and a recognitionstage.

FIG. 2A is a schematic view illustrating a framework of the electricityusage recognition system in the learning stage. The electricity usageenvironment to be recognized by the electricity usage recognition systemcomprises four electric devices 211, 213, 215, and 217, which areelectrically connected to electricity consumption measurementapparatuses 231, 233, 235, and 237 respectively. It shall be appreciatedthat the number of electric devices in the electricity usage environmentis not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

The internal structures and functional operations of the electricityconsumption measurement apparatuses 231, 233, 235, and 237 are allidentical to those of the electricity consumption measurement apparatus1 of the first embodiment. The electricity consumption measurementapparatuses 231, 233, 235, and 237 detect electricity usage conditionsof the electric devices 211, 213, 215, and 217 at a certain status or atsome statuses respectively. Since detection and adjustment performed bythe electricity consumption measurement apparatuses 231, 233, 235, and237 on the electric devices 211, 213, 215, and 217 respectively are allthe same, only the electricity consumption measurement apparatus 231 andthe electric device 211 will be described hereinafter.

As described above, the electricity consumption measurement apparatus231 detects electricity usage conditions of the electric device 211 at acertain status or at some statues (i.e., detects an electricityconsumption value and a voltage value within a period of time). Forexample, if the electric device 211 is an electric fan having threelevels of wind power (i.e., a high level, a middle level, and a lowlevel), then the electricity consumption measurement apparatus 231 willdetect electricity usage conditions of the electric device 211 at thesethree levels respectively. As another example, if the electric device211 only has an ON status and an OFF status, then the electricityconsumption measurement apparatus 231 will detect the electricity usageconditions of the electric device 211 at the ON status. Next, for eachof the statues of the electric device 211, the electricity consumptionmeasurement apparatus 231 calculates a variation rate according to thedetected voltage value and a base voltage value. Thereafter, theelectricity consumption measurement apparatus 231 adjusts the measuredelectricity consumption value according to the variation rate.

Referring to FIG. 2B, FIG. 2C, and FIG. 2D together, an exemplaryexample in which the electricity consumption measurement apparatus 231adjusts an electricity consumption value of the electric device 211 isdepicted therein.

FIG. 2B depicts 42 electricity consumption values detected by theelectricity consumption measurement apparatus 231 within a period oftime (i.e., one electricity consumption value per second within 42seconds), where the horizontal axis represents the time and the verticalaxis represents the electricity consumption values. In this example,each electricity consumption value is an active power value.

FIG. 2C depicts 42 voltage values detected by the electricityconsumption measurement apparatus 231 (i.e., one voltage value persecond within 42 seconds), which correspond to the 42 electricityconsumption values depicted in FIG. 2B respectively. In FIG. 2C, thehorizontal axis represents the time and the vertical axis represents thevoltage values. Then, the electricity consumption measurement apparatus231 calculates a variation rate corresponding to each of the electricityconsumption values and adjusts the corresponding electricity consumptionvalue according to the variation rate. Here, the electricity consumptionmeasurement apparatus 231 derives the variation rate by dividing thebase voltage value (i.e., the standard voltage value of 110 V) by thevoltage value and then derives the adjusted electricity consumptionvalue by multiplying the variation rate with the correspondingelectricity consumption value.

FIG. 2D depicts 42 electricity consumption values after being adjusted,where the horizontal axis represents the time and the vertical axisrepresents the adjusted electricity consumption values.

As can be seen from FIG. 2B, among the 42 electricity consumption valuesdetected by the electricity consumption measurement apparatus 231 at thebeginning, there are 25 active power values of 120 watts (W), 12 activepower values of 121 W, 3 active power values of 122 W and 2 active powervalues of 126 W, and none of the 42 electricity consumption valuescorresponds to active power values of 123 W, 124 W or 125 W. As can befurther seen from FIG. 2D, among the 42 electricity consumption valuesthat have been adjusted by the electricity consumption measurementapparatus 231, there are 1 active power value of 115 W, 3 active powervalues of 116 W, 5 active power values of 117 W, 10 active power valuesof 118 W, 6 active power values of 119 W, 6 active power values of 120W, 8 active power values of 121 W, 1 active power value of 122 W, 1active power value of 123 W, and 1 active power value of 124 W.

After the electricity consumption measurement apparatuses 231, 233, 235,and 237 have performed the aforesaid operations on the electric devices211, 213, 215, and 217 and obtained the adjusted electricity consumptionvalues, a computer 25 of the electricity usage recognition system canemploy any electricity usage recognition algorithm to learn electricityusage characteristics of the electric devices 211, 213, 215, and 217according to the adjusted electricity consumption values and create anelectricity consumption characteristics correspondence table for use insubsequent recognition.

It shall be appreciated that various electricity usage recognitionalgorithms are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art, so nofurther description will be made herein. It shall be also appreciatedthat the present invention focuses on how to adjust electricityconsumption values measured on electric devices by an electricityconsumption measurement apparatus so that the electricity usagerecognition system can learn electricity usage characteristics of theelectric devices more accurately.

FIG. 2E is a schematic view illustrating a framework of the electricityusage recognition system in the recognizing stage. The electricityconsumption measurement apparatus 231 is electrically connected to thecomputer 25 and an electric loop, and there are four electric devices211, 213, 215, and 217 in the electric loop.

In the recognizing stage, the electricity consumption measurementapparatus 231 detects an electricity consumption value and a voltagevalue in the electric loop. Similarly, the electricity consumptionmeasurement apparatus 231 calculates a variation rate according to thevoltage value and a base voltage value. Since the electricityconsumption value detected and adjusted in the learning stage is anactive power value, the electricity consumption value detected andadjusted in the recognizing stage is also an active power value.

The electricity consumption measurement apparatus 231 may set the basevoltage value to be a standard voltage value of 110 V. In some otherembodiments, the electricity consumption measurement apparatus 231 mayalso take a statistic value (e.g., an average) of voltage valuespreviously measured in the learning stage as the base voltage value.Then, the electricity consumption measurement apparatus 231 adjusts theelectricity consumption value according to the variation rate.

It is assumed that the electricity consumption value detected by theelectricity consumption measurement apparatus 231 at this time is 320 Wand the detected voltage value is 113 V. If the electricity consumptionmeasurement apparatus 231 sets the base voltage value to be the standardvoltage value of 110 V, the electricity consumption measurementapparatus 231 derives by dividing the base voltage value by the voltagevalue and derives the adjusted electricity consumption value bymultiplying the variation rate with the power consumption value. In thisway, the adjusted electricity consumption value is 311.5 W.

Thereafter, the computer 25 can employ any electricity usage recognitionalgorithm to recognize the adjusted electricity consumption value. Itshall be appreciated that the present invention focuses on how to adjustelectricity consumption values measured on electric devices by theelectricity consumption measurement apparatus so that the electricityusage recognition system can recognize the adjust electricityconsumption values more accurately.

As can be known from the above descriptions, the electricity usagerecognition system of the second embodiment takes voltage valuesmeasured during operation of the electric devices into account in boththe learning stage and the recognizing stage, and adjusts theelectricity consumption values measured at that time according to thevoltage values. Therefore, more accurate results can be obtained nomatter in the learning stage or in the recognizing stage.

A third embodiment of the present invention is an electricityconsumption measurement method, a flowchart diagram of which is depictedin FIG. 3. The electricity consumption measurement method is adapted foruse in an electricity consumption measurement apparatus, e.g., theelectricity consumption measurement apparatus 1 of the first embodiment.After the electricity consumption measurement apparatus is connected bya user to a single electric device, the electricity consumptionmeasurement method can be executed.

Firstly, step S301 is executed to enable the electricity consumptionmeasurement apparatus to detect an electricity consumption value of thesingle electric device. Then, step 303 is executed to enable theelectricity consumption measurement apparatus to detect a voltage value.It shall be appreciated that the step S301 and the step S303 may beexecuted at a same time point or at different time points. If the stepS301 and the step S303 are executed at different time points, a timedifference between executions of these two steps must be smaller than apreset range so that the voltage value can properly reflect the voltagelevel supplied by the electric power supplying end when the singleelectric device consumes the electricity consumption value. Since theelectricity consumption measurement method is to enable the electricityconsumption measurement apparatus to detect electricity usage conditionsof the single electric device, the electricity consumption valuedetected may be an electric current value, an active power value, areactive power value, an apparent power value, and/or some otherinformation that can reflect the electricity consumption conditions.

Next, step S305 is executed to enable the electricity consumptionmeasurement apparatus to calculate a variation rate according to thevoltage value detected in the step S303 and a base voltage value. Thevariation rate reflects a rate of shifting of the voltage level suppliedby the electric power supplying end. Specifically, the voltage levelsupplied by the electric power supplying end is not in a constant statusbut may experience shifting. Therefore, voltage values detected by theelectricity consumption measurement apparatus at different time pointsmay vary from each other.

The base voltage value used in the step S305 of the electricityconsumption measurement method may be a standard voltage value. Thestandard voltage value is 110 V in the Republic of China (ROC), theNorth America and Japan, and is 220 V in the People's Republic of China(PRC) and in Europe. In other embodiments, other steps may be executedto obtain the base voltage value. As an example, a plurality ofreference voltage values may be detected by the electricity consumptionmeasurement apparatus within a period of time, and then the base voltagevalue is determined by the electricity consumption measurement apparatusaccording to the reference voltage values (e.g., by taking an average ofthese reference voltage values as the base voltage value). In this case,the reference voltage values and the base voltage value may be furtherstored for subsequent use.

Finally, step S307 is executed to enable the electricity consumptionmeasurement apparatus to adjust the electricity consumption valueaccording to the variation rate. For example, the electricityconsumption measurement method enable the electricity consumptionmeasurement apparatus to execute step S305 to derive the variation rateby dividing the base voltage value by the voltage value detected in thestep S303 and then enable the electricity consumption measurementapparatus to execute step S307 to derive the adjusted electricityconsumption value by multiplying the variation rate with the electricityconsumption value detected in the step S301. In this way, the adjustedelectricity consumption value can properly reflect the actualelectricity consumption amount of the single electric device.

If the electricity consumption measurement apparatus is electricallyconnected by the user to an electric loop, the electricity consumptionmeasurement method will detect an electricity consumption value of theelectric loop, and then adjust the electric consumption value in thesame way as described above. Thus, no further description will be madethereon again.

In addition to the aforesaid steps, the electricity consumptionmeasurement method of the third embodiment can also execute all theoperations and functions set forth in the first embodiment. How thethird embodiment executes these operations and functions will be readilyappreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art based on theexplanation of the first embodiment, and thus will not be furtherdescribed herein.

A fourth embodiment of the present invention applies the electricityconsumption measurement method to an electricity usage recognitionsystem (e.g., the electricity usage recognition system described in thesecond embodiment). The electricity usage environment to be recognizedby the electricity usage recognition system comprises a plurality ofelectric devices. The operational process of the electricity usagerecognition system comprises two primary stages: a learning stage and arecognition stage. In other words, the electricity consumptionmeasurement method will be applied to the learning stage and therecognition stage.

Referring to FIG. 4, there is shown a flowchart diagram of anelectricity consumption measurement method applied in the learning stageof the electricity consumption recognition system. The process flowdepicted in FIG. 4 will be applied to each electric device to berecognized by the electricity usage recognition system.

For each of the electric devices, the electricity consumptionmeasurement method detects electricity usage conditions thereof within aperiod of time. In particular, the electricity consumption measurementmethod executes the steps S301, S303, S305, and S307. As these stepshave already been detailed above in the third embodiment, they will notbe further described herein. Then, step S409 is executed to enable theelectricity consumption measurement apparatus to determine whether thedetection period of time has exceeded a preset time length. If theanswer of the step S409 is “no”, then the electricity consumptionmeasurement method executes the steps S301, S303, S305, and S307 again.If the answer of the step S409 is “yes”, then step S411 is executed toend the electricity usage detection on the electric device. After theelectricity usage detection on all the electric devices has beencompleted, the electricity usage recognition system can employ anyelectricity usage recognition algorithm to learn electricity usagecharacteristics of the electric devices according to the adjustedelectricity consumption values and create an electricity consumptioncharacteristics correspondence table for use in subsequent recognition.

In the recognizing stage, the electricity consumption measurementapparatus is electrically connected to an electric loop comprising theelectric devices set forth in the learning stage. The flow processdepicted in FIG. 3 is adopted by the electricity usage recognitionsystem. Specifically, steps S301 and S303 are executed to detect anelectricity consumption value and a voltage value in the electric loop.Then, step S305 is executed to enable the electricity consumptionmeasurement apparatus to calculate a variation rate according to thevoltage value detected in the step S303 and a base voltage value. Itshall be appreciated that the voltage value described herein may be astandard voltage value.

In the electricity consumption measurement method, a plurality ofvoltage values measured in the learning stage may be used as referencevoltage values and the base voltage value is determined according tothese reference voltage values (e.g., by taking an average of thereference voltage values as the base voltage value). Next, step S307 isexecuted to enable the electricity consumption measurement apparatus toadjust the electricity consumption value according to the variationrate. Finally, the electricity usage recognition system can employ anyelectricity usage recognition algorithm to recognize the adjustedelectricity consumption value.

In addition to the aforesaid steps, the fourth embodiment can alsoexecute all the operations and functions set forth in the second and thethird embodiments. How the fourth embodiment executes these operationsand functions will be readily appreciated by those of ordinary skill inthe art based on the explanation of the second and the thirdembodiments, and thus will not be further described herein.

The electricity consumption measurement methods described in the thirdand the fourth embodiments may each be implemented by a non-transitorytangible machine-readable medium respectively. Each of thenon-transitory tangible machine-readable media stores a computerprogram, and the computer program is able to execute the electricityconsumption measurement method of the third or the fourth embodimentwhen being loaded into an electricity consumption measurement apparatus.Each of the non-transitory tangible machine-readable media may be anelectronic product, such as a read only memory (ROM), a flash memory, afloppy disk, a hard disk, a compact disk (CD), a mobile disk, a magnetictape, a database accessible to networks, or any other storage media withthe same function and well known to those skilled in the art.

According to the above descriptions, the electricity consumptionmeasurement apparatus and the electricity consumption measurement methodof the present invention take the voltage variation rate intoconsideration and adjust the detected electricity consumption valueaccording to the variation rate, so the adjusted electricity consumptionvalue can properly reflect the actual electricity usage conditions ofthe electric device/electric loop. Thereby, the electricity consumptionmeasurement apparatus and the electricity consumption measurement methodof the present invention can provide more accurate recognition resultswhen being used in an electricity usage recognition system.

The above disclosure is related to the detailed technical contents andinventive features thereof. People skilled in this field may proceedwith a variety of modifications and replacements based on thedisclosures and suggestions of the invention as described withoutdeparting from the characteristics thereof. Nevertheless, although suchmodifications and replacements are not fully disclosed in the abovedescriptions, they have substantially been covered in the followingclaims as appended.

What is claimed is:
 1. An electricity consumption measurement method foruse in an electricity consumption measurement apparatus, comprising thefollowing steps of: (a) enabling the electricity consumption measurementapparatus to detect an electricity consumption value; (b) enabling theelectricity consumption measurement apparatus to detect a voltage value;(c) enabling the electricity consumption measurement apparatus tocalculate a variation rate according to the voltage value and a basevoltage value; and (d) enabling the electricity consumption measurementapparatus to adjust the electricity consumption value according to thevariation rate.
 2. The electricity consumption measurement method ofclaim 1, wherein the electricity consumption value is detected on anelectric device by the electricity consumption measurement apparatus inthe step (a).
 3. The electricity consumption measurement method of claim1, wherein the electricity consumption value is detected on an electricloop by the electricity consumption measurement apparatus in the step(a).
 4. The electricity consumption measurement method of claim 1,wherein the electricity consumption value is one of an electric currentvalue, an active power value, a reactive power value, and an apparentpower value.
 5. The electricity consumption measurement method of claim1, wherein the base voltage value is a standard voltage value.
 6. Theelectricity consumption measurement method of claim 1, furthercomprising the following steps of: (e) enabling the electricityconsumption measurement apparatus to detect a plurality of referencevoltage values within a period of time; and (f) enabling the electricityconsumption measurement apparatus to determine the base voltage value byutilizing the reference voltage values.
 7. The electricity consumptionmeasurement method of claim 6, wherein the step (f) enables theelectricity consumption measurement apparatus to determine the basevoltage value by averaging the reference voltage values.
 8. Theelectricity consumption measurement method of claim 6, furthercomprising the following step of: (g) enabling the electricityconsumption measurement apparatus to store the reference voltage valuesand the base voltage value.
 9. The electricity consumption measurementmethod of claim 1, wherein the step (c) enables the electricityconsumption measurement apparatus to calculate the variation rate bydividing the base voltage value by the voltage value, and the step (d)enables the electricity consumption measurement apparatus to adjust theelectricity consumption value by multiplying the electricity consumptionvalue with the variation rate.
 10. An electricity consumptionmeasurement apparatus, comprising: a detector, being configured todetect an electricity consumption value and a voltage value; and aprocessor, being electrically connected to the detector and configuredto calculate a variation rate according to the voltage value and a basevoltage value and adjust the electricity consumption value according tothe variation rate.
 11. The electricity consumption measurementapparatus of claim 10, wherein the electricity consumption value isdetected on an electric device by the detector.
 12. The electricityconsumption measurement apparatus of claim 10, wherein the electricityconsumption value is detected on an electric loop by the detector. 13.The electricity consumption measurement apparatus of claim 10, whereinthe electricity consumption value is one of an electric current value,an active power value, a reactive power value, and an apparent powervalue.
 14. The electricity consumption measurement apparatus of claim10, wherein the base voltage value is a standard voltage value.
 15. Theelectricity consumption measurement apparatus of claim 10, wherein thedetector further detects a plurality of reference voltage values withina period of time and the processor further determines the base voltagevalue by utilizing the reference voltage values.
 16. The electricityconsumption measurement apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processordetermines the base voltage value by averaging the reference voltagevalues.
 17. The electricity consumption measurement apparatus of claim15, comprising: a memory, being electrically connected to the detectorand the processor and stored with the reference voltage values and thebase voltage value.
 18. The electricity consumption measurementapparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor calculates the variationrate by dividing the base voltage value by the voltage value and theprocessor adjusts the electricity consumption value by multiplying theelectricity consumption value with the variation rate.
 19. Anon-transitory tangible machine-readable medium, being stored with acomputer program, the computer program being able to execute anelectricity consumption measurement method when being loaded into anelectricity consumption measurement apparatus, and the electricityconsumption measurement method comprising the steps of: (a) enabling theelectricity consumption measurement apparatus to detect an electricityconsumption value; (b) enabling the electricity consumption measurementapparatus to detect a voltage value; (c) enabling the electricityconsumption measurement apparatus to calculate a variation rateaccording to the voltage value and a base voltage value; and (d)enabling the electricity consumption measurement apparatus to adjust theelectricity consumption value according to the variation rate.